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Thanksgiving is less than two weeks away and you probably already have your meal all planned out, Turkey, Gravy, Stuffing and Sides. If that’s you, well congratulations. But if you’ve been distracted by life, overwhelmed by work and family and haven’t yet had the time to think about the upcoming holiday feast, The Literate Chef to your rescue. Right here are all of the details for a sumptuous feast. Happy Thanksgiving!

Here it is nine full days after Thanksgiving and we are still enjoying the gifts given up by our 21 pound Plainville Farms Thanksgiving turkey. The turkey dinner and its side dishes are but a memory. The leftovers of hot turkey sandwiches smothered in gravy, accompanied by re-heated stuffing and the counterpoint of tart cranberry sauce, as well as cold turkey sandwiches on rye bread slathered with homemade Russian dressing disappeared days ago; and now the last of the Turkey Soup is gone as well. I have had my fill of Tom Turkey and if I don’t meet him again until next Thanksgiving, that will be just fine with me. But it is remarkable how many meals one can squeeze out of a single bird.

Our Thanksgiving feast this year started out with a gift of more than two dozen deliciously sweet and briny East Dennis Oysters™ compliments of John…